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NEW YORK: As the legendary newsman is remembered today with a ceremony at St. Bartholomew’s Church in midtown Manhattan, Anna Carugati, World Screen’s group editorial director, who worked in the CBS newsroom in Chicago in the ’80s, reflects upon his …

MOSCOW: Elena Glukhovskaya has been named sales manager for Russia at NBC Universal Global Networks, effective immediately. In this newly created role, Glukhovskaya will report to Colin McLeod, Global Networks’ managing director for Central and Eastern Europe. Glukhovskaya will be …

LOS ANGELES: E! Entertainment Television has announced a sophomore season of the reality series Kendra, which centers on Playboy alum Kendra Wilkinson, who gained fame as Hugh Hefner’s girlfriend on E!’s The Girls Next Door. The first season, which set records for E! …

WASHINGTON: Sesame Workshop’s Gary Knell and Nickelodeon’s Cyma Zarghami were among those testifying in front of a Senate committee yesterday as part of a government review of the Children’s Television Act. The hearing on Rethinking the Children’s Television Act for …

BURBANK: Moving nights, from Tuesday to Wednesday, Wipeout is returning to ABC for a third season, produced by Endemol USA.  The new season will sees 24 contestants competing in the world’s largest extreme obstacle course. Wipeout has been a top …

LOS ANGELES: Nip/Tuck star Joely Richardson has been cast as Catherine Parr, Henry VIII’s sixth and last wife, for the fourth season of Showtime’s The Tudors. Richardson joins the cast of the acclaimed drama for its final season, currently filming in Dublin …

PASADENA: Speaking at a conference in California, Robert Iger, the president and CEO of The Walt Disney Company, was optimistic that viewers will be willing to pay to access content on the Internet and hinted at plans for a Disney-branded …

LONDON: The U.S. drama FlashForward, which debuts in prime time on ABC in September, has been acquired for broadcast by Five in the U.K. from Disney-ABC-ESPN Television. The 13-episode drama, which stars British actors Joseph Fiennes and Jack Davenport, is …

BURBANK: Eastwick takes a Wednesday 10 p.m. slot on ABC as of September 23, while Brothers & Sisters returns to Sundays at 10 p.m. on September 27. As previously announced, Dancing with the Stars and Castle lead off ABC’s Monday …

LONDON/BURBANK: ITV has picked up the rights to the new The CW drama The Vampire Diaries from Warner Bros. International Television Distribution, along with the fifth release in the Harry Potter franchise, among other titles. Based on the best-selling book …